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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

`CHAl'tLlES W. ANDERSON, OF LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- I-IALE To w. w.l woon, or Los ANGELES; CALIFORNIA.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent NO. 694,906, dated March 4, 1902.

v Application filed September 13, 1897. Serial No. 651.473. (No model.)

My invention relates to `improvements in ironing machines which are especially designed for the purpose of ironing collars and cuffs; and the primary object that I'have in View is to provide an improved machine by which the rough and frayed edges ofV collars and cuffs may be turned in and ironed smooth and :dat upon the fabric.

A further object ofthe invention is to provide means byv which work-treating devices, either in the form of ironing-rolls or of`moistening-rolls, may be spread for the passage of the Work of dierent thicknesses and maintained at all times vin parallel relation to each other in order to operate efciently on the Work. f

A further object of the inventionis'to provide means for positively `driving the worktreating devices that serve to iron the collars and cuifs at all points in the adjustment thereof 'and also to provide means for heating said devices under all conditions of service.

To the accomplishment of these ends the invention consistsin the novel combination o'f elements 'and in the construction and arrangement of parts, which will be hereinafter fully described and claimed. Y

To enable others to understand my invention, I have illustrated the preferred embodiment thereofin the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, and in which- Figure l is a plan View of a machine for ironing collars and cuffs embodying the invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view on the line 2 2 of Fig. l. A Fig. 3 is an enlarged sectional view on the linei3 3 of Fig. 1, showing one of the ironing-rolls, its swinging arm, the driving mechanism for rotating said ironiu groll, and the heating appliance. Fig. 4 is an enlarged sectional view on the line 4 4L of Fig. yl", showing-one'of the fabric -covered moistening-rolls, lits-swinging arm, and the meansv for supplying'water to said fabric-cov- `ered roll. Fig. 5 is a plan view, partly broken away, the work table or platebeingomitted. Fig. 6 is a detail plan viewjofv the supporting plate or frame attached to themain frame for su pportin g the operative appliances of the machine.

Like numerals of reference denote like and corresponding parts "in each of the several figures of the drawings.

l designates the table of my improved ironing-machine. Thisptable is in the form of a flat metallic' plate having a smooth polished upper surface, or said upper surface of the table may be nickel-plated or otherwise fin- 65 ished, as desired. This flat table 1 is supported by a main frame 2, and said main frame carries 'a supporting-plate or supplemental frame 3 and suitable journal-bearings for the shafting required to operate the 7o Working parts of the machine.

The main frame has the supporting-plate or supplemental frame 3 attached thereto below the table 1, and 'this supporting plate or frame 3 is arranged in parallel relation to the 7 5 table l, so as to extend from front to rear and from side to side thereof.

` The moistening-rolls 5 5 are arranged near the front edge of the ktable l, and they are movably and yieldingly sustained in or on 8o said table and arranged to be supplied with Water for keeping thefabric coverings thereof in a moistened condition.v These meistening-rolls 5 are carried bythe swingingrarms 6 6, situated in horizontal positions between 85 the table l and the supporting-plate 3, and Ysaid arms are pivotally or loosely supported Von the plate or frame 3-as, for example, by means of the bolts 7, which pass through enlarged hubs of the arms, said bolts being fas- 9o tened to short standards 8 on the frame or plate 3, as shown by Fig. 4. The swinging' arms 6 are drawn normally toward each other y by the springs 9, so that the moistening-rolls engage with each other, and said arms 6 turn 95 vor swing on their pivots, so as to permit the rolls to spread apart and allow of the passage of the Work between them. These meistening-rolls pass through and play freely in arcshaped slots l0, provided in the table l, and Ico thus the moistening-rolls are arranged to project above the table, While the supporting and operating devices for said rolls are housed below the table. Each moistening-roll consists of a cylindrical shell covered with a fabric 11, preferably of linen, Wrapped thereon to produce a yieldable surface, and the roll'is arranged to be supplied with water for moisteningthis fabric covering no matter in what position the rolls may be. To this end each idler-roll 5 is revolubly mounted upon a water-supply tube 12, which passes through the cylindrical roll-shell and through the slot 10 in the table, and this supply-tube is extended through an enlarged outer end of the arm 6, which carriesthe roll 5, and isrigidly secured to said arm. The upper end of the tube 12 and roll-shell have lateral escape-ports for the water to pass from the tube and from the roll-shellto have access to the fabric covering 11, and the upper end of said tube 12 is closed by means of a plug 13. (See Fig. 4.)

Water is supplied to the tubes l2 of both the rolls 5 from asingle water-pipe 14, which is suitably attached to the main frame 2 below the plate or supplemental frame 3. This water-pipe 14 has a coupling 15 for each tube 12 of the moistening-rolls, and to said couplings 15 and the lower ends of the pipes 12 are attached the iiexible hose or pipes 16, which permit the rolls 5 to swing with the arms 6 and serve as the means for supplying Water to said'fabric-covered rolls 5, no matter what position they may occupy in the slots 10 of the table 1.

The ironing-rolls 17 17 are arranged in rear of the moistening-rolls 5 more in the central line of the table 1, and said ironing-rolls are fitted loosely in arc-shaped slots 18, provided in the table, as shown by Fig. 1. These ironing-rolls 17 are carried by another pair of swinging arms 19 19, which are also arranged between the table 1 and the supporting-plate 3. These arms 19 for the ironing-rolls are attached loosely to the frame or plate 3 by'means of the arbors or spindles 20, which are suitably fastened to the plate 3 to serve as journals for the swinging arms 19 and as -means for supporting the double pulleys 21, by which and suitable belting the ironing-rolls 17 are adapted to be positively driven at a relatively high rate of speed. Each arm 19 is provided at its outer free end with a journal-bearing 22, lined with a suitable sleeve or bushing 23, and in this sleeve or bushing is journaled the roll-carrying arbor 24, which has the roll 17 attached to its upper end in any suitable manner. The lower end of the roll-arbor 24 carries a pulley 25, which is made fast to said arbor or shaft, and around the pulleys 21 25 passes an endless belt 26, whereby the motion of the pulley 21 is communicated through the belt to the pulley 25 to positively drive the shafts and rolls 24 17, as will readily be understood by reference to Fig. 3.

The arbor or shaft 24 of each ironing-roll 17 is provided with a collar 27, that bears upon the bearing 22 and bushing 23 to limit the vertical movement of the shaft and roll in a downward direction, and the lower end of said arbor or shaft has a nut 28, by which the upward displacement of the shaft is prevented and the pulley 25 is prevented from comingoff said arbor or shaft 24.

It will be understood that the double pulley 21 for each ironing-roll has the belt 26 passed around one member thereof, while around the other member of said double pulleys pass the belts 29, that extend around driving-pulleys 29, carried by a shaft 30, which is journaled in suitable bearings 31 on the frame 3. In case'the machine is designed to be driven by power from an overhead line of shafting I extend one end of this shaft 30 beyond the ironing-machine and provide it with pulleys 32 33 34. I

The swinging arms 19 for the ironing-rolls are normally impelled in a direction where the rolls 17 are in contact with each other by means of springs 34, whereby the rolls 17 are arranged in operative relation to iron the work; but the rolls are adapted to spread, because the arms 19 thereof are arranged to swing on their pivots 2O to permit the work to pass between the ironing-rolls. I have shown each of the fourswinging arms for the moistenin g and ironing rolls as provided with a spring, which is attached to a lug extending from the arm and attached or supported on the plate` or frame 3; but I would have it understood that I do not restrict myself to the particular arrangement of the coiled springs shown in the drawings, as I am aware that flat springs may be used in lieu of the coiled springs and that other means may be used to draw the arms and rolls together.

The ironing-rolls are made of metal, and in the cylindrical surfaces of the rolls are provided annular grooves 179', one groove in each roll. These grooves in the pair of rolls are coincident with each other, and the rolls are thus adapted for turning in the rough or frayed edges of the collar or cuif which may be passed between the pair of rolls.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the drawings, it will be observed that the pairs of swinging arms which support the ironing-rollsand the moisteningrolls are similar in their construction and mode of operation--that is to say, each pair of arms is independently supported below the slotted table, so as to be out of the way of the work and so as to have the pivots of said arms concentric with the arcs of the segmental slots in the table. The rolls that treat the work, whether they are the moistening-rolls or the ironing-rolls, are supported revolubly in the swinging arms, and with these arms are associated springs or equivalent devices that normally act on the arms to force or move them into positions where the work-treating rolls lie at the inner contiguous ends of the slots in the tables. These work-treating rolls are thus maintained in parallel relation oneto the other at all points of their adjustment with the swinging arms, and when, normal IOO IIO

l suitable Way the short lengths of gas-supply conditions prevail the pair of rolls are incontact-With each other; so as to properly operate on the Work when it is introduced between the rolls. -I have also providedrmechanism for heating these ironing-rolls. On the sWing-" ing arms 19 are mounted or attached'in any pipes; which extend along the armsllf) andu which have their inner ends coupled to ilexible tubes or hose, (not shoWn,) by which saidV pipes 35 may be supplied with gas from ,anyA suitable source of supply. The outer end of each gas-pipe 35 is extended upward to tei'- minate adjacent to the base of the ironing-' roll 17, and on this end of the pipe is provided a burner, (indicated in a general Way'byv the from the machine. The. shaper mechanism-l numeral 36.) 'In the practical embodiment of' my invention I prefer to employ a burner of that'kind known to the art asa fFB'uns'en burner; but as this style of'burner iswell known and as it 'forms'no part ofthe inven-A tion I do not deemit necessary to`illustrate or describe the detailed construction thereof.

vThe type ofl burner mentioned ispreferable,

because of the absence of `smokeand the factl that'the ironingroll will not become dirty toV soil the Work; but it lis evident that other kinds of burners maybe usedfor heating the ironing-rolls: v

At the rear side of the table lis arranged the shaper mechanism 4l, Whichis designed to give collars and cus the desired roll4 or cylindrical form-previous to their discharge -tially as described.

maybe of any desired construction, and asit 3 5 doesV not form a part of the present'invention a detailed description is deemed unnecessary. Having thus fully described Ymy invention, what 1 claim as new,V anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is#- ,I

l.v The combination o f aslottedtablelswinging arms'pivotally supported below thetable, n Work-'treating rolls revolublyvm'ount'ed on the armsV for adjustmentrtherewith and maintained thereby in lparallel relation to each other atall pointsof their'djustmentgand springsmop'eratively ttedto'said arms and L actuatingf"the latter toY maintain said' rolls normally in `contact with each other, snbsta'n tially asdescribenA p W 5o 2.' The co'nnbinationfof a table having segmental' slots, swinging arms lying beloii T` the table and Vpivotedat points concentric With the are of the slots' in said table, work-treating rollsrevolubly' mountedon said arrnfs and extending through the table-slots', and springs connected tothe arin's to normally hold the A' latter and'said'rolls contigdou's to the 'adjacent'ends of saidls'egmen'tal "slots, 'snbstan'- ,1 Y

Intestiibny .that raisin' the foregoing as l my ovvn Ihave h'eretoaf'tizied my signature' in n the preseneefof tw'o Witnesses'.A l ,A

` cHARLEs-Wennnnnson. v

Witnessesfy I l PETER HANSEN;

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